In order to make sure that your WebQuest stays aligned with your unit, you will need to copy and paste 3 things from your Stages 1 and 2 from your unit for Dr. Grace's class. (This will also help Dr. Theresa give you better feedback on your Intro, Task, and Conclusion.) Then you will write your first drafts of your Introduction and Conclusion.
G.R.A.S.P.S
(Feel free to copy and paste what you have for the GRASPS portion of your unit for Dr. Grace in Stage 2.)
Goal: Your task is to create a video on youtube via Screencast-O-Matic to explain binary code.
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Role: You are a worker for the NSA and your boss wants you to create a top secret file that explains encryption and decryption of binary code.
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Audience: Your clients are essential.This is a top secret project which you cannot talk to your loved ones about.
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Situation: The context you find yourself in is that US computer science majors need a refresher course on binary. They are speeding up their computer systems through a breakthrough in graph theory to combat foreign hackers.
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Product & Performance: You will create a youtube video in order to include examples of encryption and decryption with matrices.
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Standards:(six categories for each rubric) Presentation Rubric:comprehension (50%), listens to other presentations (30%), time limit (5%), stays on topic (5%), posture and eye contact (5%), volume (5%). Product Rubric: product content (60%), brainstorming-solutions (15%), brainstorming-problems (10%), research (10%), sources-quality (2.5%), sources-citation (2.5%).
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Understanding(s)
•Prove polynomial identities and use them to describe numerical relationships. Thus, factorial identities and Pascal's Recursion Principle. (U1) •Know and apply the Binomial Theorem for the expansion of the quantity x plus y to be raised to the power of n where n is element of the set of positive integers, with coefficients determined for example by Pascal's Triangle.Thus, matrix operations can be applied to mathematical equations. (U2 and U3)
Introduction
(Set the stage, give us any background info that we might need to know (but just a hint), this is your HOOK. Provide a segue to the Task . . . make your reader want to click to the next section. There should be nothing that sounds like school work in this section. Don't give away what's going to happen in the Task.)
Encryption and decryption of code has the power to save lives. Moreover, understanding code and applying it to mathematics gives endless possibilities for answering problems in the real world. You do not have to be a mathematician to understand the basics of coding.
Task
(This story should match the Task Description/Summary from your unit in Stage 2 (Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?). You can copy and paste from Dr. Grace's wiki.Tell the story of the Role, Audience, Situation, and Product & Performance. Be a story teller. Save any classroom-specific information for the Process. Build the scenario and stay in character. You can reference the Introduction but try not to duplicate the information that's in the Introduction. Be sure to write this in second person ("you work for an international design firm" "you and your colleagues at the television studio" "your team wants to submit the winning entry"...))
You are a mathematician working for the NSA specializing in cryptography. You need to create a youtube video via Screencast-O-Matic to explain to your boss how to encrypt and decrypt binary code through matrices. You will present your ideas and share the file with your boss. US computer science majors have had a breakthrough in speeding up computer systems by graph theory. It is your priority to help them understand binary in this file so they can speed up computer systems to prevent foreign hackers from getting into our system.
Conclusion
(Tie everything the participants have done back to the Goal. Why did they go through all of this? Tie the scenario to the real world. Remind them of the "Big Idea" that they were supposed to gain from this, just in case they didn't make the connection on their own. Don't get preachy. If you ask a question here, it has to be rhetorical. No work or assignments should be included. Short is good.)
Thank you for submitting your work to the NSA. We will make sure that this file is immediately shared with our best computer programmers. Binary code is the platform for all programming languages. We live in a digital world where coding can be used to solve a problem in a tenth of a second which would normally take half an hour to out by hand. We as society need to understand that no one is perfect. We all make mistakes. On the other hand, a computer program does not make mistakes if written with the appropriate logic. Learning combinatorics and applying it to the fundamentals of coding in this manner allows people to make further connections when tackling problems. One that is able to discuss binary code and relate it combinatorics in this manner not only understands how to use the binomial theorem but how to apply it too. We appreciate your work and will have you working on a new project regarding a Caesar cipher. You will be hearing from us shortly.
G.R.A.S.P.S
(Feel free to copy and paste what you have for the GRASPS portion of your unit for Dr. Grace in Stage 2.)Presentation Rubric: comprehension (50%), listens to other presentations (30%), time limit (5%), stays on topic (5%), posture and eye contact (5%), volume (5%).
Product Rubric: product content (60%), brainstorming-solutions (15%), brainstorming-problems (10%), research (10%), sources-quality (2.5%), sources-citation (2.5%).
Understanding(s)
•Prove polynomial identities and use them to describe numerical relationships. Thus, factorial identities and Pascal's Recursion Principle. (U1)•Know and apply the Binomial Theorem for the expansion of the quantity x plus y to be raised to the power of n where n is element of the set of positive integers, with coefficients determined for example by Pascal's Triangle. Thus, matrix operations can be applied to mathematical equations. (U2 and U3)
Introduction
(Set the stage, give us any background info that we might need to know (but just a hint), this is your HOOK. Provide a segue to the Task . . . make your reader want to click to the next section. There should be nothing that sounds like school work in this section. Don't give away what's going to happen in the Task.)Encryption and decryption of code has the power to save lives. Moreover, understanding code and applying it to mathematics gives endless possibilities for answering problems in the real world. You do not have to be a mathematician to understand the basics of coding.
Task
(This story should match the Task Description/Summary from your unit in Stage 2 (Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?). You can copy and paste from Dr. Grace's wiki. Tell the story of the Role, Audience, Situation, and Product & Performance. Be a story teller. Save any classroom-specific information for the Process. Build the scenario and stay in character. You can reference the Introduction but try not to duplicate the information that's in the Introduction. Be sure to write this in second person ("you work for an international design firm" "you and your colleagues at the television studio" "your team wants to submit the winning entry"...))You are a mathematician working for the NSA specializing in cryptography. You need to create a youtube video via Screencast-O-Matic to explain to your boss how to encrypt and decrypt binary code through matrices. You will present your ideas and share the file with your boss. US computer science majors have had a breakthrough in speeding up computer systems by graph theory. It is your priority to help them understand binary in this file so they can speed up computer systems to prevent foreign hackers from getting into our system.
Conclusion
(Tie everything the participants have done back to the Goal. Why did they go through all of this? Tie the scenario to the real world. Remind them of the "Big Idea" that they were supposed to gain from this, just in case they didn't make the connection on their own. Don't get preachy. If you ask a question here, it has to be rhetorical. No work or assignments should be included. Short is good.)Thank you for submitting your work to the NSA. We will make sure that this file is immediately shared with our best computer programmers. Binary code is the platform for all programming languages. We live in a digital world where coding can be used to solve a problem in a tenth of a second which would normally take half an hour to out by hand. We as society need to understand that no one is perfect. We all make mistakes. On the other hand, a computer program does not make mistakes if written with the appropriate logic. Learning combinatorics and applying it to the fundamentals of coding in this manner allows people to make further connections when tackling problems. One that is able to discuss binary code and relate it combinatorics in this manner not only understands how to use the binomial theorem but how to apply it too. We appreciate your work and will have you working on a new project regarding a Caesar cipher. You will be hearing from us shortly.